Volunteer

Do you like classical musical, investing in your community, and meeting people with similar interests? Are you interested in serving on the Board of Directors? Do you know someone who would be a good addition to this group of committed, energetic people striving to keep the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra’s programs running smoothly? If so, we’d like to hear from you!

Board meetings are held monthly (first Wednesday of the month) with the exception of July and August. Board members also work on committees that focus on specific areas of responsibility (Musical Operations, Fund Raising, Marketing), making sure activities happen as they should. Our members come from all areas of the community, with many interests. As we enter our 84th season we are looking for people interested in and able to interpret the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra’s work and values to the community, represent the orchestra, and act as a spokesperson to the community.

We are also always looking for people interested in helping to coordinate our fund-raising and musical education programs.

The first 150 ladies to arrive at Proctors for the Schenectady Symphony’s Mother’s Day Romance Concert at 3pm at Proctors, will all receive a beautiful fresh flower, and the opportunity to spoil that special Mother in your life with an after-concert meal at Katie O’Brynes where you will receive 10% off your tab and a […]

Conductor Ching-Chun Lai has held the post of Director of Orchestras and Associate Professor of Music at the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam since 2011. During her tenure, the Crane Symphony Orchestra has performed in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. In […]

On the program…. Concerto for Oboe and Strings, D minor, op. 9, no. 2 Tomasco Albinoni Tomasco Albinoni was born in Venice in 1671. His birth year places him stylistically within the development of instrumental music : 13 years younger than Torelli, 7 years older than Vivaldi and 14 years older than Johann Sebastian Bach, […]

Glen Cortese has had hundreds of guest engagements as the conductor of dozens of orchestras, opera companies and summer festivals around the world. He has appeared with the New Jersey Symphony, the North Carolina Symphony, the Florida Philharmonic, the Belarus State Philharmonic, Sofia Philharmonic, the National Romanian Radio Orchestra the Slovak Radio Orchestra and the Mexico […]

BLIZZARD BLOWOUT! SINGLE TICKETS $10. Monday, January 21 concert at 7pm at Proctors. This does not apply to buy an adult ticket for $15 or $22 and get 1 FREE student ticket. This is still available, but $10 ticket is a one time only special offer. Pre-concert talk at 6pm in the Fenimore Gallery at […]